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book JOHNSON, Charles. Middle Passage. New York: Atheneum, 1990.

First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title-page: “For Patrick,/with my Thanks!/Charles/Johnson-” $150
book KENNEDY, William. The Ink Truck. New York: The Dial Press, Inc., 1969.

First edition, inscribed by the author on the title-page: “To Tom Davidson/William Kennedy.” With publisher’s review materials laid-in. $750
book KESEY, Ken. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. New York: The Viking Press, [1962].

First edition, first issue (with “that fool Red Cross woman” on p. 9, and “It’s the plump Red Cross woman named Gwen-doe-lin, with the blond hair…” on pp. 85-86). $8,000
book L'AMOUR, Louis. The Walking Drum. Bantam Books: Toronto, New York, London, Sydney, [1984].

First edition, first printing. $250
book MALAMUD, Bernard. God's Grace. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, [1982].

Signed limited first edition. Number 189 of only 300 copies signed by the author. $100
book MATTHIESSEN, Peter. At Play in the Fields of the Lord. New York: Random House, [1965].

First edition. $135
book MCCARTHY, Cormac. No Country for Old Men. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.

First trade edition. $1,000
book MENCKEN, H. L. Notes on Democracy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1926].

First edition, one of 200 copies printed on Borzoi Rag Paper and signed by Mencken, out of a total edition of 235. This is copy number 163. $450
book NAYLOR, Gloria. The Women of Brewster Place. New York: The Viking Press, [1982].

Uncorrected Proof Copy of her first book. Inscribed to “George” on the half-title, who is one of the dedicatees as listed on the dedication page (“And George, who applauded loudest in his heart.”): “To George -/This book came from you/over a lot of miles +/took me back many years./All the best -/Gloria Naylor.” $500
book PELECANOS, George. A Firing Offense. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1992].

First edition. $125
book PLATH, Sylvia. Ariel. London: Faber and Faber, [1965].

First edition, second impression. $250
book SALINGER, J. D. Franny and Zooey. Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, [1961].

First edition, first printing. $600
book SINGER, Isaac Bashevis. Love and Exile. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1984.

Signed limited first edition. Number 84 of only 200 copies signed by the author. $200
book SNICKET, Lemony [HANDLER, Daniel]. The Ersatz Elevator. [New York]: HarperCollins, [2001].

First edition, first printing. $100
book SNICKET, Lemony [HANDLER, Daniel]. The Vile Village. [New York]: HarperCollins, [2001].

First edition, first printing. $100
book SNICKET, Lemony [HANDLER, Daniel]. The Hostile Hospital. [New York]: HarperCollins, [2001].

First edition, first printing. $100
book SNICKET, Lemony [HANDLER, Daniel]. The Penultimate Peril. [New York]: HarperCollins, [2005].

First edition, first printing. $100
book STEINBECK, John. The Winter of Our Discontent. New York: The Viking Press, 1961.

First trade edition (after a limited edition of only 500 copies). $250
book STEINBECK, John. Cannery Row. New York: The Viking Press, [1945].

First edition. $150
book STONE, Robert. A Hall of Mirrors. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967.

First edition of the author’s first book. Signed by him on the half-title. $450

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